Smurf and Smurfette are Age Group Triathletes, juggling their professional careers as an educator and a Doctor with Ironman Triathlon training. This week, we begin our series on Health Before Performance - the importance of having a solid foundation of good health from which to build positive endurance sport performance. Our focus for this episode is nutrition (particularly LCHF and JERF) and how this leads to positive general health and wellbeing from which to leverage performance. We discuss;

> Why positive health has to be the number 1 priority before pursuing performance
> The role nutrition in general plays in positive health
> Our philosophies on nutrition - LCHF and JERF
> What LCHF and JERF means for the general population and the positives of this lifestyle for the general population
> Poor nutrition leading to chronic disease
> The impact carbohydrates, particularly highly refined and processed carbohydrates, have on the physiology of the human body
> A little mythbusting on 'The Game Changers'
> A Case Study of how LCHF can have a more significant impact on diabetes markers than medications - particularly HbA1C
> Moving from positive nutritional health and wellbeing to positive performance
> Paula Newby-Fraser and Mark Allen - how they built sustainable athletic careers with longevity with the assistance of Phil Maffetone and Tim Noakes